MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R000100020086-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: March 8, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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'gym FO : r. John P. 'feller
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Deputy Director for operations
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Chief, Policy, and Coor loatioe
aterial rrovidod 1-by the io ce , 2.s rt
C ttee an Narcotics Abuse an.., Control
Your a orao u to the riDO Dat
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This tooorasd attache a draft of a Iettor
t so-Zost.d you asy wish to send to
eotics control Croti of the policy and
coordination staff has rrv?iaksd the reference -z . ateriai,
No information was ?ztractod fro the 13oeese Sel ct CcM -
mitt** Tilts since vea do not believe that the material
the-rots would significantly assist us In the coilecttoa
of inteliiecee on the forma aspects of ar+co*.ics
pros:action and trafficking. T oreforee, wy mar oraadu to
you stet 21 ebruary 12 on tts s *1e subject ray be
disregarded.
Any questions with regard to this setter may
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Eight t rile Fol leers (Containing Subject :material)
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or L. Wolff, M airman
rittee on Narcotics Abuse
and Control
of PepreseItati s
in ton, D. C. MIS
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The oaterial provided to the Certra
the House Select Committee on N&rcottcs Abuse
Control concerning the
CIA has no information to support alle;s
been 't`ern sewed by the appropriate elements
idel Castro and the Cuban Government : gay
ither diroctiy or in a su;ertin , tar ac
ternational trafficking of narcotic
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The onse Select Committee files contain save
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references listing the CIA among those redaral a encles
involved is active investigation of the
in this rear.. This Agency is not, in fact, involve
in any 4onestic investigation of t~lis case which is
rnt.ially * law enforcement matter.
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The Huse Select Committee Staff states that
certain neabers of the Cuban exile roe-munity alle eJl?
involved in the
have an o erstional re
Soave of t~e persons assoc
fact have a Previous rely
s of , s , but was Inc -
any have a or still
prisoners returned in ece er
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are !z1 a records concer.in
Administration and the South Tort a Terrorist
tnirl.ais. CIA has rsrt;tel the TY)TUS
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conc.rning the past activities 01
s4ly associatet with the II or
related inresti, ations by these
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contains at statset Q -*;e
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ti eti. s in Miami.` The
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we shout? like to eephasize that MA is
it_h _only the foreign aspects of narcotics
collect, store and di
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such illicit
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as not tat. an "active*4 investi atI
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sent which you or your Staff can provide
We should s preciate any clarification
showed "conc rn" about current cri ina
In tans, our records indicate no suc,
concern., aicer t for the nornal concern
ti7we!. protection of sensitive sources
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations
FROM : John H. Waller
Inspector General
SUBJECT : Material Provided by House Select Committee on
Narcotics Abuse and Control
1. Forwarded herewith are eight folders provided this office
on 12 December 1977 by Mr. William G. Lawrence, Chief of Staff of
the above Committee, and Mr. Joseph L. Nellis, Chief Counsel on the
staff of that Committee. The material is assembled from a wide
variety of sources in an investigation conducted by Mr. Lawrence
and Mr. David Pickens, also of the Select Committee staff.
2. The material in these folders is on loan from the Committee,
as shown by the statement attached to the front of each of them. No
copies are to be made of this material, without permission of the
Committee staff. It has been made available to the Agency for review
by the appropriate elements in CIA, for that information which is
within the proper jurisdiction of the Agency.
3. Although the files, and the documents that they contain,
do not carry national security classifications, some are marked
Sensitive and we are advised that some of the material was supplied
by confidential informants. We are requested to protect the identity
of these informants so that they will not be revealed to anyone who
would jeopardize their position or safety.
4. The Select Committee encountered the problems recorded in
the attached folders in Miami, in which business interests and Cuban
nationals seemed to.have been involved, with significant overtones of
narcotics smuggling. Based on information derived in other locales
as well, the Select Committee investigators believe that there are
possible connections with the criminal underworld, and the present
Cuban government. They state that individuals are involved who also
have asserted that they had past CIA connections, with the possi-
bility that some of those connections may be active today.
5. A commercial undertaking known as seems to
have some central role. The Committee staffers believe it has Castro
connections, "Castro" even approving some of its loans. Citing as
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an example was a $150 million loan to Colombia, to ingratiate Cuba
with the Colombian government. One name that was identified was
Salvador Alderiguia, believed to have KGB and Cuban connections.
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7. Messrs. Lawrence and Nellis called on me as a result of
a request to the Director by Mr. Lester L. Wolff, Chairman of the
Select Committee. Copies of the documents that were given to me
on loan today will also be provided to the Attorney General. We
were advised that the nine-page memorandum under a 1 August 1977
cover, at the top of the file labeled "Documents," reflects the
views of the investigators on the matter.
8. It is requested that you have the attached files reviewed
to ascertain those matters that are appropriate for CIA to address
in its jurisdictional responsibilities, for example foreign persons
implicated. The names of U.S. persons, of course, should not be
extracted and retained unless they are the subject of a proper interest
by this Agency.
9. It is requested that you have this matter reviewed on as
expeditious a basis as possible, and that your approval of CIA
interest and appropriate action be made. Because the Attorney General
has not received the material as yet, we should take no action until
we are in a position to deal with those government agencies that may
become involved as a result of action by the Attorney General. As
the attached folders present a rather large research task, it would
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be appreciated if you could keep me advised on a periodic basis
on the progress of the review and the evaluation of the material.
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Attachments:
Eight File Folders:
Documents
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